Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. During his tenure as the chief minister, he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition.
Dip Gogoi is an Indian politician from Assam who was a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency from 2002 to 2014. He was also the member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Kaliabor constituency from 2001 to 2001 and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the brother of former Chief Minister of Assam, Tarun Gogoi.
Bijoya Chakravarty, is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the Member of the Lok Sabha from Gauhati from 2009 to 2019 and from 1999 to 2004. She was the Union Minister of State for Water Resources from 1999 to 2004. She was also the Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992 as a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. She was one of the first members of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021.
Ranjit Barthakur is an Indian businessman, from Jorhat, Assam. He is the Executive Chairman of Royal Multisport Pvt. Ltd., the company that owns the Indian Premier League team, Rajasthan Royals. Barthakur is married to Radhika Barthakur of the Nehru-Gandhi family of India. He was appointed Advisor to the Chief Minister of Assam under the Congress Government. He was asked to resign when the BJP Government came to power in 2016.
Gaurav Gogoi is an Indian politician and social worker of Indian National Congress from Assam who is serving as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha since 2024. From 2020 till 2024, he served as the deputy leader of Indian National Congress parliamentary party under Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. He is currently representing the Jorhat Lok Sabha Constituency in 18th Lok Sabha since 2024. He had represented the Kaliabor Constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha and the 17th Lok Sabha from 2014 till 2024, after which the constituency was abolished. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi. He left his job at Airtel to join a Delhi-based NGO called Pravah in 2005.
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for Assam. The turnout was an increase from the 2011 Assembly election figure of 75%.
Titabar Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Titabar is part of Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency.
Pradyut Bordoloi is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency since 2019. He was previously a four-term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing Margherita from 1998 to 2016, and a minister in the Government of Assam between 2001 and 2015.
The 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election was the 15th quinquennial legislative assembly election held in the Indian state of Assam from March 27 to April 6 in three phases, to elect 126 MLAs to the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the result declared on Sunday, 2 May. The term of the previous Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Assam ended on 31 May 2021.
Pranab Kumar Gogoi was an Indian lawyer and politician from Assam belonging to Indian National Congress. He was elected four times as a legislator of the Assam Legislative Assembly. He also served as the speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and minister of the Government of Assam.
Gautam Roy is a politician of the Hailakandi District of Assam. He was six times MLA from Katlicherra constituency. He was also minister in Hiteswar Saikia and the Tarun Gogoi led Congress ministry several times. Gautam Roy was the vice president of BCCI and also the president of Assam Cricket Association. Currently he is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Assam in two phases between 3 and 10 April 2006 to elect members from all 126 constituencies of the state. Following the election, the incumbent Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi formed his second ministry.
Bismita Gogoi is an Indian politician from the state of Assam who served as the Minister of State for Cultural Affairs from 2015 to 2016. A member of the Indian National Congress prior to 2024, Gogoi was the member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Khumtai from 2010 to 2016.
Tanka Bahadur Rai is an Indian National Congress politician from the state of Assam. He was a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress for Barchalla. He was Deputy Speaker and then Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly. He was also a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet.
Pranati Phukan is a former minister, deputy speaker and member of Assam Legislative Assembly.
The Third Tarun Gogoi ministry is the third consecutive council of ministers of the Government of Assam headed by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi between 2011 and 2016. The ministry was constituted on 30 May 2011 after Tarun Gogoi was sworn-in as the chief minister of the state for the third consecutive term after leading the Indian National Congress into victory in the assembly election. The ministry remained into force until 24 May 2016.
Atuwa Munda is an Indian Politician from the state of Assam. He has been the Indian National Congress Candidate for Tingkhong consecutively since 1996, winning three times. He has been a minister in the first Tarun Gogoi cabinet and the third Tarun Gogoi Cabinet.
Tarun Gogoi constituted his ministry for a second time on 21 May 2006. Gogoi had previously been Chief Minister since 2001. Following the 2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Gogoi became Chief Minister for a second time as he had formed his first ministry previously. The coalition government was supported by the Hagrama faction of the Bodoland People's Progressive Front, NCP and independents. There were 17 cabinet ministers and one minister of state, all of whom were either Congress or Independent.
Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 2001 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Tarun Gogoi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam. The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.
